Found this here:http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-best-ways-to-create-and-add-value-to-your-art-and-get-it-in-front-of-the-right-people

"Anon UserThe truth about that one million dollar sales is this:

From Lik's gallery: In Miami, Nicolas Sparks wife discovered Peter Lik's work at the Miami gallery and they decided to get a few pieces. After everything went down he bought the image "One" for $1,000,000 with the total sale showing $2.3 mil. The entire organization was sworn to not say a word about the sale and it was listed as a secret sale, 4 days later the numbers changed to 250k and showed "One" as a gift for a private collector.

sorry to say, but ONE didn't sell at all, it was gifted to Mr. & Mrs. Sparks."